noun Descargar 🔗Compartir Esclusa An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow. Examples : "The farmer opened the sluice to release water from the irrigation canal onto his thirsty fields. " El granjero abrió la esclusa para liberar agua del canal de riego a sus campos sedientos. utility architecture technology environment machine device Chat con IAJuego de vocabularioPracticar lectura
noun Descargar 🔗Compartir Esclusa, compuerta A water gate or floodgate. Examples : "The farmer opened the sluice to release water from the reservoir and irrigate his fields. " El granjero abrió la esclusa para liberar agua del embalse e irrigar sus campos. utility architecture environment agriculture nautical building Chat con IAJuego de vocabularioPracticar lectura
noun Descargar 🔗Compartir Esclusa, canal Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply. Examples : "The kitchen sink's drain is a sluice for excess water. " El desagüe del fregadero de la cocina es una esclusa para el exceso de agua. utility structure technology Chat con IAJuego de vocabularioPracticar lectura
noun Descargar 🔗Compartir Esclusa, compuerta The stream flowing through a floodgate. Examples : "The sluice gate opened, releasing a strong stream of water. " La compuerta se abrió, liberando una fuerte corriente de agua. architecture utility environment geography nature system technology place Chat con IAJuego de vocabularioPracticar lectura
noun Descargar 🔗Compartir Esclusa, canaleta A long box or trough through which water flows, used for washing auriferous earth. Examples : "The gold prospectors used the sluice to wash the dirt, hoping to find gold. " Los buscadores de oro usaron la esclusa para lavar la tierra, con la esperanza de encontrar oro. geology utility agriculture technology machine Chat con IAJuego de vocabularioPracticar lectura
noun Descargar 🔗Compartir Elipsis wh, sluicing An instance of wh-stranding ellipsis, or sluicing. Examples : "The teacher's question, "Who wants to volunteer for the project?" elicited a sluice, as several students replied, "I do." " La pregunta del profesor, "¿Quién quiere ser voluntario para el proyecto?" provocó una elipsis wh, ya que varios estudiantes respondieron: "Yo sí". linguistics grammar Chat con IAJuego de vocabularioPracticar lectura
verb Descargar 🔗Compartir Descargar, verter To emit by, or as by, flood gates. Examples : "The dam operator sluiced the water from the reservoir to refill the town's water supply. " El operador de la presa descargó el agua del embalse para rellenar el suministro de agua de la ciudad. utility environment technology Chat con IAJuego de vocabularioPracticar lectura
verb Descargar 🔗Compartir Enjuagar, inundar To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice Examples : "to sluice meadows" Enjuagar los prados utility action environment Chat con IAJuego de vocabularioPracticar lectura
verb Descargar 🔗Compartir Enjuagar, lavar To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice. Examples : "The farmer sluiced the muddy well with a powerful hose, washing away the dirt. " El granjero enjuagó el pozo embarrado con una manguera potente, eliminando la suciedad. agriculture utility environment Chat con IAJuego de vocabularioPracticar lectura
verb Descargar 🔗Compartir Enjuagar, lavar (more generally) To wash (down or out). Examples : "After the messy art project, the teacher had to sluice the paint off the tables with a hose. " Después del desordenado proyecto de arte, la maestra tuvo que enjuagar la pintura de las mesas con una manguera. utility action process Chat con IAJuego de vocabularioPracticar lectura
verb Descargar 🔗Compartir Verter, soltar To flow, pour. Examples : "The water from the leaky faucet sluiced down the counter. " El agua del grifo con fugas se vertió sobre la encimera. action nature process Chat con IAJuego de vocabularioPracticar lectura
verb Descargar 🔗Compartir Elidir la 'C' en una pregunta wh coordinada To elide the C` in a coordinated wh-question. See sluicing. Examples : ""I know we need to buy something, but I don't remember what," where "what" sluices the rest of the question "what we need to buy". " Sé que necesitamos comprar algo, pero no recuerdo qué, grammar linguistics phonetics Chat con IAJuego de vocabularioPracticar lectura
